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Unknown large language model developers

Incidents involved as Developer

Incident 111824 Report
Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

2021-01-01

North Korean IT workers have reportedly been using AI tools to alter their appearances for ID spoofing and chatbots for real-time interview assistance to allegedly secure remote jobs at U.S. and Western companies. These positions have reportedly been granting access to sensitive systems and unwittingly generating income allegedly funneled to the DPRK regime.

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Incident 9541 Report
Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

2025-02-04

A Norton Cyber Safety Insights Report found that nearly one-third of New Zealand dating app users have been targeted by romance scams, with AI chatbots allegedly playing a growing role. The report, based on a January 2025 survey, indicates that 50% of dating app users believed they had interacted with AI-generated messages. Private investigators report cases where victims engage in long-term virtual relationships with fraudsters, often sending money.

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Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Fraudsters

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Romance scammers targeting New Zealanders

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Unknown chatbot developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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New Zealand dating app users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Romance scam victims

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Financial fraud victims

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Unknown large language models

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1118
    24 Reports

    Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Unknown chatbots

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Social media platforms

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Dating apps

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Reconnaissance General Bureau

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1118
    24 Reports

    Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

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Lazarus Group

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1118
    24 Reports

    Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

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Government of North Korea

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1118
    24 Reports

    Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

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Department 53

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1118
    24 Reports

    Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

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Unknown deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1118
    24 Reports

    Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

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Western companies

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1118
    24 Reports

    Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

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Companies in the United States

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1118
    24 Reports

    Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

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Video interview platforms

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1118
    24 Reports

    Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

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Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1118
    24 Reports

    Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

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Freelance platforms

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1118
    24 Reports

    Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

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Document verification systems

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1118
    24 Reports

    Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

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Digital identity verification services

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1118
    24 Reports

    Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

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